Jo Ann Zimmerman

Jo Ann Zimmerman (24 December 1936-23 October 2019) was Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from January 1987 to January 1991, succeeding Robert T. Anderson and preceding Joy Corning.

Biography
Jo Ann McIntosh was born in Van Buren County, Iowa in 1936, and she worked as a nurse and raised cattle on the family farm before entering politics as a Democrat. In 1982, she was elected to the State House and advocated various health issues, and she went on to serve as Lieutenant Governor under Terry Branstad from 1987 to 1991. She advocated for the abolition of her own figurehead position and championed progressive causes, and she lost for re-election in 1991. She died in 2019 at the age of 82.